OSHA Hazard Communication and Chemical Hygiene Updated to the Globally Harmonized System (Online CE Course)
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Authors: Terry Jo Gile, MT(ASCP)MA Ed; Barbara Cebulski, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
This course covers the OSHA Chemical Hygiene Standard and helps satisfy OSHA requirements for annual training. Terry Jo Gile covers Haz-Com, the NFPA diamond, and MSDS, and explains common sense laboratory safety rules applied to clinical laboratory practice. Appropriate for annual laboratory compliance training and for clinical laboratory science students prior to clinical rotations.
Continuing Education Credits
Objectives
- Explain the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communications Standard as it relates to laboratory work.
- Explain labels and coding systems that alert users to chemical hazards.
- Explain each section of a safety data sheet (SDS).
- Identify basic laboratory common sense rules that apply to chemical handling.
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Course Outline
- Chemicals -- Past and Present
- Introduction
- Chemicals
- Respect!
- In the Past
- In the Present
- Haz-Com
- Regulation of Chemical Hazards in the Laboratory
- Where would you find an evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of all chemicals used in the laboratory?
- Responsibility
- Employer Responsibility
- Your Responsibility
- Labeling Systems
- Globally Harmonized System for Labeling of Chemicals
- Hazard Labels: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- Other Labeling Systems
- Labeling Secondary Containers
- What hazard is indicated by the pictogram on the right?
- Safety Data Sheets
- Right to Know
- Right to Know
- Be Prepared
- Sections
- Sections
- SDS Example
- Sections Two and Three
- Section Four
- Sections Five and Six
- Sections Seven and Eight
- Sections Nine Through Eleven
- Sections Twelve Through Sixteen
- If you accidentally splash a reagent that contains a hazardous chemical on your skin, where could you quickly obtain information regarding the hazards...
- Lab Safety Precautions
- General
- General Laboratory Precautions
- Ingestion Prevention
- Management of Spill & Disposal
- Wash Your Hands!
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Eyewash Stations
- Reducing the Risk of Fires Involving Chemicals
- Monitoring
- If you splash a chemical in your eyes, what is the MINIMUM length of time that you should rinse your eyes in tepid water at the eyewash station?
- Common Sense
- Common Sense Rules
- Common Sense Rules, continued
- Keep It Safe!
- References
Additional Information
Level of instruction: Basic
Intended Audience: Health care personnel and other professional personnel whose occupations involve the potential of exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Author Information: Terry Jo Gile, MT(ASCP)MA Ed. "The Safety Lady®" has over 45 years experience as a certified medical technologist. She has a bachelor's degree in Biology from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and a master's degree in Education from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. For 20 years she was a member of the management team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Department of Laboratories in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as the Safety Officer as well as a laboratory safety consultant to the BJC Health System. As President of her own consulting firm, Safety Lady, LLC, she is a world renowned speaker and consultant helping organizations create safety savvy laboratories.
Barbara Cebulski, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM is a Program Director for MediaLab, Inc., located in Lawrenceville, GA. She has over 30 years experience in the laboratory profession as a technologist, section supervisor, and laboratory manager. She also was employed for nine years by the College of American Pathologists in the Laboratory Accreditation Program. Barbara holds a Masters degree in Instructional Technology from Georgia State University.
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